Intelligence officials believe an operation to collect information evolved into an effort to harm one candidate, Hillary Clinton, and tip the election to her opponent, Donald J. Trump.

Above, the Democratic National Convention’s hacked server on a table in the organization’s basement, next to a reminder of a past breach: a filing cabinet jimmied in the Watergate burglary of its offices in 1972.

Mr. Tillerson, the Exxon Mobil chief executive, faces sharp scrutiny over his ties to President Vladimir V. Putin and the billions of dollars his company has at stake over United States sanctions against Russia.

Mr. Trump also picked Rick Perry, the former Texas governor, to oversee the country’s aging nuclear arsenal as head of the Energy Department — an agency Mr. Perry has suggested abolishing while forgetting its name.

3. Russia, Turkey and Syrian rebel groupsreached an agreement for rebels to leave their last pockets of territory in the ravaged city of Aleppo.

Evacuations were expected to begin shortly, leaving the city fully in the hands of government forces, a definitive victory.

But there was confusion over whether the deal would assure safe passage for civilians, scores of whom have been shot in the streets, according to the U.N. Above, the remains of the Umayyad Mosque.

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4. Looking ahead: The Federal Reserve meets Wednesday amid near certainty that it will raise its benchmark interest rate. Our analyst cautions that Mr. Trump’s stimulus plan may overheat the economy and prompt a rapid series of rate increases.

In another potential transportation milestone, federal highway regulators proposed rules that would require all cars and trucks to broadcast data to one another about their speed, location and direction in order to avert accidents.

Since Andrew Woodward became the first professional player in Britain to go public with his account of repeated rapes by a childhood coach, at least 20 former players have come forward. One, above left, was comforted by Mr. Woodward.

The police are investigating the possibility of hundreds of victims at 98 soccer clubs, from the amateur ranks to the Premier League.

10. One of our most-read articles today looks at the future of political comedy, and how Al Franken, the onetime “Saturday Night Live” star turned Democratic senator, is confronting the incoming administration.

“Donald Trump never laughs,” he said.

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11. Finally, the U.N. ended its much-criticized designation of a cartoon superhero as its ambassador for women and girls.

A spokesman said that Wonder Woman’s two-month tenure was not unusual, noting the brief duration of other honorary ambassadorships, including the single day the “Angry Birds” character Red presided on climate issues.